Should Children Sit Through “Big Church”? -- "We didn’t have a children’s sermon as part of the Sunday morning service. We believed that even though it might be fun for the kids, in the long run it would weaken the spiritual intensity of our worship."

Pine Tree Mound -- "In the summer of 1542, the several hundred people making up the Hernando De Soto expedition entered what is today the northeast corner of Texas after travelling more than three years across the southeastern U.S."

New Testament Giving -- "To say that the average church or religious organization spends quite a bit of time and energy in raising funds would be an understatement."

Dear Wormwood.... -- "We must make sure to keep these pastors naïve—on the one hand, assuming no one could possibly be an enemy from within."

Christians Should NOT Cremate Their Dead -- "Just as a seed is planted in the earth, and a new life is produced in the form of a plant, so the body that is buried in the earth will someday be raised again in newness of life."

AP reveals hidden horror of sex assaults by K-12 students -- "...schools — where many more adults are keeping watch, and where parents trust their kids will be kept safe — are the No. 2 site where juveniles are sexually violated by their peers...Schools frequently were unwilling or ill-equipped to address the problem..."